Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-03-18
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pany OF adventurers rowing up the Ganees
river were stung to death by flies that infest
that region at certain seasons have seen
the earth strewed with the carcasses of men
slain by insect annoyances. The only way to
get prepared for the great troubles of life is
to conquer these small troubles. What would
you say Of soldier who refused to load his
gun or to go into the conflict because it was
only skirmish, saying, II am not going to
expend my ammunition on a skirmish wait
until there comes general engagement, and
then you will see how courageous am and
what battling will do" The general would
say to such man, off you are not faithful in
q skirmish you would be nothing in a general
engagement" And I have to tell YOU, o
Christian men, if you cannot apply the prin-
ciples of Christs religion on small scale, you
viii never be able to apply them on large
scale
II had my way with you I would have
you possess all possible worldly prosperity I
would have you each one garden-a river
flowing through it, geraniums and shrubs on
the sides, and the grass and flowers as beauti-
full as though the rainbow had fallen.
would have you house, splendid mansion,
and the bed should be covered with upholstery
dipped in the setting sun. would have every
hall in your house set with statues and statu-
cites, and then would have the four quarters
of the globe pour in all their luxuries on your
table, and you should have forks of silver
and knives OF gold, inlaid with diamonds and
amethysts. Then you should each one of you
have the finest horses, and your pick of the
equipages of the world. Then I would have
you live $50 years, and you should not have
pain or ache until the last breath. "Not
each one Of us 2" you say. Yes, each one of
you. "Not to your enemies 2" Yes, the only
difference would make with them would be
that would put little extra gilt on their
walls and little extra embroidery on their
slippers.
But you say, "Why does not God give us
Ill these things?" Ali bethink myself. He
Is wiser It would make fools and sluggards
Il Us if we had our way. No man puts his
best picture in the portico or vestibule of his
house. God meant this world to be only the
vestibule of heaven, that great gallery of the
universe toward which we are aspiring We
must not have it too good in this world, or
we would want no heaven.
Polycarp was condemned to be burnt to
death. The stake was planted. He was
fastened to it. The faggots were placed
around him, the fires kindled, but history
tells us that the flames bent outward like the
canvas of a ship in a stout breeze, so that the
flames, instead of destroying Polycarp, were
only wall between him and his enemies.
They had actually to destroy him with the
poniard; the flames would not touch him.
Well. my nearer, I want you to understand
that by Gods grace the flames of trial, in
stead of consuming your soul, are only going
to be a wall of defense and canopy of bless
ing. God is going to fulfill to you the bless
ing and the promise, as He did to Polycarp:
sWhen thou walkest through the fire thou
shalt not be burned" Now you do not I'M
derstand; you shall know hereafter. In
heaven you will bless God even for the hor-
net.
Gen. "Jeb" Stuart's Daughter.
It must be difficult for the old veterans
who read the account of the marriage of j.
E. B. Stuart's daughter to realize that only
twenty two years have passed since the great
cavalryman ratified his saber to the tune Of:
II you want to have fun
JUS line the cavalry
among the hills of Virginia. Altogether, the
wedding group and the circumstances that
surrounded the incident were striking and
suggestive. The young lady herself was but
an infant and not able to understand the sig
nifcance of the announcement when it was
flashed over the wires that Jeb Stuart had
been shot at Yellow Tavern and was dying
As she stood under her bridal veil at Staun-
ton she heard her full maiden name for the
last time-Virginia, for the state he loved SO
well; Pelham, for the boy artillerist who won
praise on the field of battle from the immor-
tai Lee, and who followed her illustrious IA
ther, and Stuart, over whose memory the
story writer and historian love to linger
Virginia Pelham Stuart; 1t seems pity to
have swallowed up such heritage even in
honorable matrimony. At this marriage
there were gifts from Gen. Jubal Early, from
the Stuart Horse Guards, from Gems Cook,
Eppa Hunton and Gusts Lee, and message
from far away Count Borcke in his Rhenish
castle, who served ,lron Stuart's staff and
was wounded by his side, was delivered at
the close Of the ceremony. The clergyman
himself was, in the stormy days of 1861 to
1854, on Stuart's staff To complete this
picture we have only to add that by the
groom, Robert Page Waller, of Norfolk, stood
his brother in the full uniform of lieuten-
ant in the United States navy.-Macon (Ga.)
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